Patents Assigned to Universit Court of The University of St Andrews
  • Modified surfaces
    Patent number: 8778454
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a modified surface (5) comprising: patterning a surface (7) by forming thereon a porous molecular network (9) defined by non-covalent interactions between constituent molecules; and depositing in said porous network (9) and on said patterned surface (11) molecules (13) so as to form a self-assembled monolayer (15), wherein both said patterning and said depositing are effected by contact with liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Universit Court of The University of St Andrews
    Inventors: Manfred Buck, Rafael Madueño, Christophe Silien, Minna Tuulia Räisänen